I would compress both sides of it, leaving only enough gap for the sharpened shell casing. The straighter it is when you compress, the better the cut. For an easy and cheap popper body, try using the foam that is used for filler when putting in door frames. It is about an inch or less thick, round, white(great for colouring with paint and markers) and long (a couple feet). It is easy to cut, floats like a champ, and if using it on a drill or dremel, can be sanded down to any diameter. Slice it along its length and use for big froggy patterns. Cost is a couple dollars for many feet. Reuven
______________________________________________ Reuven Segal B. Engineering (Aerospace)- Final Year B. Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and Management) RMIT University 5/11 Rockbrook Road, East St. Kilda, 3183 Melbourne, Victoria Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: 0422 266798 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Malone Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2007 4:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Cutting Open Cell Foam Chuck you might try rigging your shell in a drill press running a file on the edge to make it sharp. Try different speeds as you feed it through the foam. ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Alexander To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 2:39 PM Subject: [VFB] Cutting Open Cell Foam Folks: I have some open cell foam ( guess that is what it's called as it is not as dense as craft foam, but less dense than Styrofoam, and IS pliable like the craft foam) that is about one inch thick. I was gonna try to cut some popper bodies with it, so I took a shell casing, hit it with a hammer. It cut the foam OK, but when I took the foam out of the shell casing and it uncompresses (if that is a word), it is tapered on one end.. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chuck
